Collar.



H. R. FISHEL.

COLLAR.l

APPLICATION FILE?) NOV. 25, 1913- HOMER ROY FISI-IBL, OF RALEIGH, NORTHCAROLINA.

COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

Application filed November 25, 1913. Serial No. 802,990.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, HOMER ROY FISHEL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Raleigh, in the `county ofWake and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Collars,

vof which the following is a specification.

vdescription are attained in a device of the character illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and the invention consists in certain novelfeatures which will be particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a collarhaving my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thetie shown in Fig. l, looking at the rear side thereof.

The collar 1 may be formed as a part of the shirt or may be detachableas preferred and may be a stiff collar or a soft collar and is equallyadapted for ladies shirtwaists and mens shirts. In the drawings, thecollar is shown as a fold collar having its ends meeting at the front,and adjacent the meeting ends I form a plurality of slots 3 which extendparallel with the said meeting ends and are spaced at regular intervalsat both sides of the said ends. Any desired number of these slots may beprovided, it being understood, of course, that the same number of slotsmust be provided at each end and that the slots are so located as toconstitute pairs.

I employ attaching plates ory hooks 5 which may be of light sheet metal,nickelplated to have a neat nish and prevent rusting of the collar, thesaid attaching plates being doubled on themselves to provide the innerlips or hooks 6 adapted to pass through the slots and engage against theunder face of the outer fold of the collar. The outer member of theseattaching plates 7 is provided with a longitudinal slot 8 through whichthe fabric strap or band 9 is inserted, thel ends of said fabric strapor band being sewed` or otherwise secured to the band, as shown clearlyin Fig. 2. I prefer to employ elastic webbing for these straps or bands9, as such material will hold the ends of the collar together and at thesame time will permit the collar to yield to the movements ofthe wearerin turning his head, so that binding of the collar around the neck willbe obviated. It will, of course, be understood that any desired numberof these connecting bands may be employed and to impart a .finished anddressy appearance to the collar I secure upon the outer face of thelowermost band a bo-w 10, as shown.

My device is exceedingly simple in the construction and arrangement ofits parts, may be rapidly adjusted, and will hold the collar in itsproper position without causing any discomfort to the wearer. Thefastening or unfastening of the collar is not impeded by the applicationthereto of my invention and it may sometimes be found convenient andeven desirable to dispense with the usual collar buttons and rely solelyupon the connecting bands to hold the ends of the collar together, aswell as to hold the collar in place upon the neck. This is particularlytrue when the collar is formed on the shirt.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, is:

The combination of a collar provided with pairs of slots adjacent itsmeeting ends, said slots being parallel with the said ends and themembers of each pair being at opposite sides of the ends, connectingbands extending across the meeting ends of the collar, and attachinghooks passing through said slots to engage the inner surface of thecollar adjacent the slots and provided in their outer portions withslots to receive the ends of the connecting bands.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

H. ROY FISHEL. [1.. s]

Witnesses:

PERRIN W. Gowns, MILL H. MoLEoD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Tatents,

' Washington, D. G.

